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"We've been able to see orders of magnitude savings both in cost and schedule on all of these
par ts because the par t builds are ver y consistent, the material proper ties are well understood,
and the build parameters are becoming better understood."
Brian Kaplun / Lockheed Mar tin Space
Deep Space With Humans on Board
N E W M A T E R I A L E N A B L E S 3 D P R I N T E D P A R T S O N O R I O N
HUMANS ON MARS
If space is the final frontier, then human travel in to deep space, beyond the Moon, is the ultimate frontier. NASA's Orion program
intends to do just that – travel with humans on board back to the Moon and out into deep space, and one day soon, Mars.
But before human travel, NASA is launching a series of test missions to target risk reduction, efficiencies identification, and
industry partnerships enhancement. A successful Exploration Flight Test-1 is already behind them and NASA is poised to launch
the next un-crewed phase of its mission, Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), in late 2019. And then, EM-2 will follow in 2023, but with
one major addition; this spacecraft will be crewed.
The Orion docking hatch cover 3D printed with Antero™ (ESD).
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